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Interestingly, a very similar question might seem to arise from what Bultmann has to say in Jesus about "das Werk Jesu" in the sense of "die Sache, fur die er sich einsetzte," or "als das, was er eigentlich gewollt hat" (Jesus: 12). This, Bultmann says, "laBt sich ja nur reproduzieren als ein Zusammenhang von Satzen, von Gedanken, als L e h r e" (13). But, then, toward the end of the same book, he says tIes gibt eine Wiirdigung Jesu Person, die seiner Absicht entspricht, sofern er gesandt ist von Gott, sofern er T rag e r des Wo r t e s ist" (181; cf. Glauben und Verstehen 1: 204, where Bultmann says expressis verbis that Jesus "wollte der Trager des entscheidenden Wortes von Gott in der letzten Stun de sein"). In this case, however, any question about consistency is anticipated by Bultmann's saying expressly that Jesus "hat d u r ch das Wort gewirkt " (itaEcs added), thereby making clear that Jesus' willing his teaching was simply the means wherethrough he realized his intention to be the bearer of God's word.

13 May 2008